Talk:WNAC-TV

WNAC-TV has been listed as one of the Media and drama good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Review: December 17, 2024. (Reviewed version).

Television: Stations

	Television portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Television, a collaborative effort to develop and improve Wikipedia articles about television programs. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page where you can join the discussion. To improve this article, please refer to the style guidelines for the type of work.TelevisionWikipedia:WikiProject TelevisionTemplate:WikiProject Televisiontelevision
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the Television stations task force.

United States: Rhode Island Low‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.
	Rhode Island portal This article is supported by WikiProject Rhode Island (assessed as Low-importance).

Untitled

One minor correction. It was stated that WNAC-DT 64.2 aired the weather channel or radar with no audio prior to the sign on of MyRI. This is incorrect. 64.2 was only used for occasional feeds, and never full time, after the sign off of the Weather Station in 2007. I put 64.2 on the air full time in September 2009 for testing and we launched MyRI on 10/01/09 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.228.148.235 (talk) 07:56, 5 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"The Providence, RI / New Bedford, MA television market does not yet have a known affiliate for My Network TV" -- Um, if the MNTV website is definitively saying that Fox 64 is to be the MNTV affiliate, how can the article still have the above statement? - EmiOfBrie 15:12, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

WNAC airs MyNetwork as a secondary affiliate from 11:30pm to 01:30am. - Signed, a WNAC employee. Also there is no pinpoint WX channel being broadcast over the transmitter (64.2), it was removed. - Also signed, a WNAC employee. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.221.71.52 (talk) 04:31, 6 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Pinpoint weather channel.jpg

Image:Pinpoint weather channel.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot 02:28, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Wpri weather 2007.JPG

Image:Wpri weather 2007.JPG is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot 04:46, 16 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Wnac morning news.JPG

Image:Wnac morning news.JPG is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 21:22, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Wnac open.JPG

Image:Wnac open.JPG is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 21:22, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:WNAC.jpg

Image:WNAC.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 14:20, 21 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Wnac news.jpg

Image:Wnac news.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 03:09, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Wnac1990s.png

Image:Wnac1990s.png is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 03:09, 12 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Image copyright problem with Image:My Network TV Logo 2D.png

The image Image:My Network TV Logo 2D.png is used in this article under a claim of fair use, but it does not have an adequate explanation for why it meets the requirements for such images when used here. In particular, for each page the image is used on, it must have an explanation linking to that page which explains why it needs to be used on that page. Please check

That there is a non-free use rationale on the image's description page for the use in this article.
That this article is linked to from the image description page.

The following images also have this problem:

Image:Wpri weather anchor.png

This is an automated notice by FairuseBot. For assistance on the image use policy, see Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. --01:23, 22 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

LIN standard logos?

Per former content at the article for LIN TV-owned WDTN in Dayton, OH, and a question at "Talk:WDTN#LIN standard logos?":

The logos used by WDTN, WNAC-TV, WPRI-TV and former LIN station WAND in Decatur/Springfield/Champaign/Urbana, IL, are very similar.

My operating theory is, as former logos are retired, LIN either does or did employ common station branding. Can this theory be proved or disproved? If it was LIN policy, was it only applied to certain stations?

KMID, in Midland/Odessa, TX, has no apparent connection to the LIN stations. Is its similar logo just a coincidence or is it an example of reusing a public domain logo?

If anyone has any insight on this and/or sources proving or disproving, please let me know here. Thanks. --Chaswmsday (talk) 14:12, 1 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relevant

Tagged what seems to be irrelevant prose in most of a paragraph about competitors' operations, which appears to go beyond comparisons with the subject of this article. --Chaswmsday (talk) 13:36, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Dubious

Tagged what seems to be a dubious statement about simulcasting a weather channel on weekends. Sister station WPRI-TV states that the weather channel no longer exists. If that's true, prose here should be reworded to conform with WPRI-TV's prose. --Chaswmsday (talk) 13:47, 20 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 external links on WNAC-TV. Please take a moment to review my edit. You may add {{cbignore}} after the link to keep me from modifying it, if I keep adding bad data, but formatting bugs should be reported instead. Alternatively, you can add {{nobots|deny=InternetArchiveBot}} to keep me off the page altogether, but should be used as a last resort. I made the following changes:

Attempted to fix sourcing for http://www.wpri.com/dpp/news/local_news/providence/wpri-named-news-station-of-the-year
Attempted to fix sourcing for http://www.foxprovidence.com/dpp/rhode_show/rhode_show/rhode-show-welcomes-new-co-hosts-in-2012

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—^{cyberbot II}_{Talk to my owner:Online} 04:44, 31 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on WNAC-TV. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20141219194453/http://www.mediageneral.com/press/2014/dec19_14_merger.html to http://www.mediageneral.com/press/2014/dec19_14_merger.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 05:06, 17 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

Passed. E_F⁵ 16:02, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

This review is transcluded from Talk:WNAC-TV/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Nominator: Sammi Brie (talk · contribs) 16:58, 30 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Reviewer: EF5 (talk · contribs) 13:23, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, I'll be reviewing this! A quick note, I will be out of town on Saturday and Sunday, and will likely be inactive on those days. :) E_F⁵ 13:23, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

GA review (see here for what the criteria are, and here for what they are not)

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose, spelling, and grammar): b (MoS for lead, layout, word choice, fiction, and lists):
The lede is written fine, and at four paragraphs is definitely long enough. I'm a bit confused about header titles like "WNAC: Becoming a force in Providence" and "WSTG: Revival", are colons usually put in headers of news-related pages?
It is factually accurate and verifiable, as shown by a source spot-check.
a (reference section): b (inline citations to reliable sources): c (OR): d (copyvio and plagiarism):
A list of references is present and is properly formatted, all references in that list look reliable and none stand out as promotional or user-generated. All paragraphs have end-of-sentence citations (excluding the lede), Earwig only found a 2.0% similarity with this and this source, and it's just long words that catch it.
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):
Well written, talks about the channel's history, from the older usage of the broadcast license in 1954 to 2023, which is in-depth enough. Other things, like subchannels and operations, are also included.
It follows the neutral point of view policy.
Fair representation without bias:
Back to the headers, "WNAC: Becoming a force in Providence" seems non-neutral. I don't usually write about News channels, however, so it may just be me.
It is stable.
No edit wars, etc.:
Hasn't been edited in over 150 days, more than stable enough.
It is illustrated by images and other media, where possible and appropriate.
a (images are tagged and non-free content have non-free use rationales): b (appropriate use with suitable captions):
The three photos in the article are all company logos; all of these logos fail the originality threshold and are tagged as such. All have appropriate captions as well.
Overall:
Pass/Fail:
@Sammi Brie: See above comments regarding headers, please let me know if that is a perfectly acceptable way to word a header in regard to news articles.

It's perfectly fine, EF5. I'm aware that this is a new type of article for virtually any reviewer because only two people write these to GA or FA standard and we don't review each other's work (as frequent collaborators).
I do write some headers with colons when a call sign is short-lived or tied to/introduced in a specific era of a station, e.g. KARE (TV) "WMIN-TV and WTCN-TV: The shared-time era"; KCPQ "KCPQ: The Clover Park years". That said, "Becoming a force in Providence" definitely isn't neutral on second thought, so I replaced that header. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 19:34, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, okay. Other than that, everything looks great, thanks for fixing that and clarifying! I'll take one more look to see if I catch anything. :) E_F⁵ 19:41, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Did you know nomination

(

Comment or view
Article history

)

... that a Rhode Island TV station started out by rerunning an inventory of 50 hours of cartoons and 14 old movies? Source: Seavor, Jim (September 11, 1982). "Ch. 64's limited programming continues while buyer is sought". The Providence Journal. p. B-8. "The station is operating now under the Program Test Authority it has from the Federal Communications Commission. This means WSTG must operate six days a week, including Saturdays, for at least two hours a day.
It is fullfilling that obligation by running and rerunning its 50 hours of cartoons and 14 old movies.
WTSG [sic] goes on the air at four in the afternoon with recorded music and then, at five, the cartoons and films are shown."
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Neptune All Night

Improved to Good Article status by Sammi Brie (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 721 past nominations.

Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 18:38, 17 December 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Hello! Just to start off, great work on once again promoting a station to GA. Promoted on same day as nomination, it comes to no surprise that the article has no outstanding issues and no issues appear on Earwig. No issues with the reliability of sources, and the article reads more-than-adequately. QPQ provided, the hook is interesting and AGF on the sole basis of not having direct access to the source, though a quote was provided so all good. Passing. B3251_(talk) 01:05, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]